Billiard-cue-chalk holder.



L; F., DAHL. BILLIARD GUE GHALK HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 19cm.

Patented July 26, 1910.

Q tu eases .p ll ifi mehreren-@eene Specification el Lettere MLK HELDER.

Patenti-il July/Et, llllltl.

Iipplieaionlled :Jennery 7, 15ml. Serial Ne. flOROfl.

Snohomish, inthe county of Snohomishand State oil' lVashington, have invented a.

new :1nd useful Billiard-Cue-Chelk Holder,

of which the following is a. specification.

This invention. relates te a device vfor holding billiard eue chalk; and hes lor its object to provide ar simple, ellicient and convenient, article el this character which is te he v:ari ried by '.1 billiard player iu the palm ef that hand serving as the eue rest, and attached loosely te the middle linger h v a ring; rigidly fastened to the helder and brought. into operative pesitieu between the thumb and middle linger to expose the-chalk by a movenient el the thumb.

Anether Object; el the invention is te pre` Vide in eenneel'ion with the chalk helder, ineens for holding au exposed .tilingl or ahrading pleite r sheet for rougheuiilg the `tips of billiard eues when, through use und otherwise, the)Y become herd and smoeth and refuse to take the chalk.

lli/'ith these and other chjecls iu view the iuveutioi consists ol! the novel construction coiuhiuation and arrangement of partshereinafter described and delinitely claimed, reference being had te the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective View of the chalk holder in. its 1 )referred ferm; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional View of the seine; Fig. 3 a jvierspeetive View ol a metal disk with a, lile eut face for rougheningv eue tips; il isa similar View of a piece Ot send pap-er fer the salme purpose; is a view ,of the chalk holder in use, and Fig. (S is a perspective View of :i modi: lied term el the chalk holder.

Similar reference numerals are used for the same parts iirell the figures.

The holder in its preferred form comprises e cylindrical case l of a die-.meter such as will admit a bleek ot' billiard chalk 2 of similar shape and usually, with sufficient friction 'le held it in place but should the chalk block he a little small, a` spring` l is provided 'which may he attached le or made integral with Vjljhe cylinder l and project through an opening Y'l in the side ther-eel", is ehewu, to heer on Lu'. Outer surface et the chalk bleek.

(lne end elt the. cylinder l lett opeu :For insertinbY the chalk and the (fue tip, lhe oiher end is `else open hut surrounded hy :L narrmv inturned flange 5 against which beurs a thin plete G havingv its nuter lace' made abrasive or lile cut lor roughening; the tips of billiard cues Wueu they lieeoine smooth and hard. ln place el? the file plete lf3 a disk of send paper Y er otherl suitable material may he empleyeilj The lile plate or send paper disk is held in place hy ythe Lack of the chalk hloek hearing` ai.; inst it.

Secured to the outer sur'lece of the chalk cylinder il is e. ring4 8 radially.disposed with relzil'iou le `the cylinder, and haring; its exis at a rightpaugjle te the axis et said eyliiuler.

slhus constructed, when a person starts to play billiards end other games 'requiringl va chziilkedeue, the ril ,l 3 el the ehelk holder is slipped ever the middle linger of the left; hand '(os.' the hand which forms the` eue rest), with the cylinderon the. palmar side and the Open chalk end directed toward the little linger. 'The hand may ce closedor areliedfever the chalk holder in any el* the peculiar ways known te liillierdists 'for 'termine' the cue rest, Without inconvenience andA with the knowledge that the chalk is always at hand and easily mm'ee'l into posi- Vlion for use hy pleine' the thumb ou the chalk holder and turning it around the middie linger as rein'eseuted in Fig'. Then grasping the chalk holderhetween the thumb and middle linger it will he held firmly and ready for use. (It the tip is te be roughened, l

the chalk holder is removed from the linger and the abrasive end applied te the cue tip, hut as this occurs se seldom compared with the constant use ot' chalk, it, will not he considered an inconvenience te slip the ring lrom the linger. ln actual use, the middle, fourth and little lingers will be` flexed around the eue and not', as in Fig. 5, extended to show the invention te better edvantag'e.

"illhile the chalk holder er l has been described there as 0l.l cylindrical ferm., this shape is not essential. ln Fie: the c; 'l is shown iu square :loi-iu 'te hold ciibieal chalk hlecks, it may also loe made hexegenal, ectagonal or in whatever cross sectional shaiie the chalk is niolded or pressed.

.lli will he understood that when it is desired to remove the bleek of chalk from the holder, tor exemple, when the hlock has hecome ctmsiderahly worn, the little linger or the lip end ol 'the cue luey he inserted through the opening in l'he eud 5 o!t (he ing belng for the insertion of a chalk bloek,'

said c asing having an opening formed also in one side, and a spring tongue carried by the said side and projecting through the opening and adapted to bear against the side of the Said block of chalk, the said tongue having its free end projecting toward that 'end of the casing opposite that. through which the chalk is inserted, and e ring secured to the said casing.

2. A chalk holder Comprising a easing having openings in opposite ends, one opening being for the insertion of u clmiik-looek9 the said casing having en opening formed also in one 4 side, and e .spring tongue stamped from one side o the casing and integral therewith and projecting through the said opening and adapted to hear against the side of the said block of chalk, the free end of the tongue being-,projected toward that end of the easing opposite that through which the chalk is inserted, and a ring secured to the said easing. A

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my Signeture in Ithe presence of two Witnesses.

LENDIS FREDRICK DAHL. Witnesses A. H. BURKE, A. G. STR'INGER. 

